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May 16, 2013 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

How Books Get Sold to Traditional Publishers

Understand the traditional publishing process

If you decide you want to have your blogged book—or any book—published by a traditional publisher, you need to understand the traditional publishing process. Keep in mind the different types of publishers, how they like to be approached, what they look for in aspiring authors. Every publishing house has certain submission criteria. Smaller ones will […]

Filed Under: Traditionally Publish Your Book, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: acquisitions editor, editorial board meeting, literary agent, traditional publishing, traditional publishing contract

May 9, 2013 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

How to Get Your Blogged Book Traditionally Published

A book contract with a publisher requires being a good publsihing partner.

Many writers who choose to blog books dream of landing a traditional publishing deal. After all, so many successful bloggers have been discovered by traditional publishers because their readership or subscription base made them attractive as authors as well. That’s the foundation of the blog-a-book principle: create a large platform of potential readers for your […]

Filed Under: Traditionally Publish Your Book, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: author attitude, how to get traditonally published, traditional publishers, traditional publishing, traditional publishing contract

May 2, 2013 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

4 Reasons to Choose to Traditionally Publish Your Blogged Book

4 reasons to look for a traditional publisher

You’ve produced a blogged book manuscript. Now what? You can choose two ways to publish your book: with a traditional publisher or independently as a self-publisher. Why might you opt for traditional publishing? Here are four good reasons to traditionally publish your book. 1. You don’t want to be a “project manager.” If you don’t […]

Filed Under: Traditionally Publish Your Book, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: reasons to traditionally publish, traditional publishing, who should traditionally publish, why traditionally publish

November 13, 2012 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Is Subsidy Publishing the Same as Self-Publishing?

self-published books, books published with author services press

If I told you to publish your blogged book with a vanity publisher you’d probably tell me I was crazy.  Yet, many of you will consider (or may be considering) doing just that and will call it self-publishing. About now you’re probably scratching your head and trying to figure out what the heck I’m talking […]

Filed Under: Create a POD Book, Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: author services press, self-publishing, subsidy press, traditional publishing, vanity publishing

July 24, 2012 by Nina Amir 5 Comments

How to Boldy and Honestly Blog Your Way to a Book Deal

Totally Tyler

I couldn’t help but take notice when my Google Alert brought up this blog-to-book deal: Your Boyfriend and Other Guys I’ve Kissed: The Tails of Totally Tyler. It was written by someone named Totally Tyler. I looked at the cover. This was worth pursuing. Tyler shows what can happen when you blog—or blog a book—honestly, […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books, Booking a Blog (Repurposing Content into a Book) Tagged With: authenticity, boldness, honesty, self-publishing, traditional publishing

July 10, 2012 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

Rami Shapiro Talks About How to Co-Author a Blogged Book

an example of a blogged book

A reverend and a rabbi start a blog…stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Actually, Baptist minister Michael Smith and Jewish rabbi Rami M. Shapiro actually did start a blog called Mount and Mountain. The blog recorded a long-running dialogue between Mike and Rami in which the pair interpreted, argued about, and interrogated two […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books Tagged With: blogging a book, co-author, comments, editing, traditional publishing

March 6, 2010 by ninaamir 2 Comments

How to Begin Blogging Your Book: Start with a Business Plan or Book Proposal (part 5)

Now that you have a pretty good sense about your book’s theme and what you want to write about, we are going to get serious. Really serious. Yesterday was just a taste of what’s to come… As I mentioned, everyone who wants to write a book—blogged or otherwise—needs to go through the proposal process. You […]

Filed Under: How to Begin Blogging a Book Tagged With: book proposal, business plan, market, Promotion, readers, synopsis, table of contents, traditional publishing

February 6, 2010 by ninaamir 2 Comments

Are You Willing to Approach Your Blogged Book Like a Business Person?

If you want to blog a book, though, I suggest you approach this endeavor like any other book project. This means putting aside your writer’s hat and putting on your business person’s hat before you begin your book project. This allows you to look at the big picture of both your blog and your book, […]

Filed Under: How to Decide if You Should Blog a Book, Who Should Blog a Book Tagged With: blogger, blogging, blogging a book, business, competition, market, readers, traditional publishing, value added

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